St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-19
A SALACIOUS POTPOURRI.
F0ibles and Prailties of Members Of the
Human Race Whose Secrets Have
Leaked Out.
The Skeleton in the Ellis Closet al
Trenton, N. ia Patron Ruins
His Protege.
A Modern Oliver Twist---A Husband Who
Was His Wife's Servant for
Seven Years.
"HEAvENs. AM DREAM1NG?''
Sensational Evidence in Ellis
Divorce Case Found Hidden in a

Sensational Evidence in Ellis
Divorce Case Found Hidden in a
Closet.
Edward S. Ellis is writer of some
distinction, who for some years resided
in Trenton, N. j., and was highly re-
Spected. Next door to him lived Wat
son f. Van Camp with his wife. He is
prominent real estate broker. Both
families were very intimate, is spite of
rumorS which floated about the city that
Mrs. Ellis and Mr.. Van Camp were too
Intimate. Mr.. Ellis trusted his wife
implicitly, but at length his suspicious
were aroused and by the help of de-
tective, he discovered evidence of her
guilt. The case came up in court and
when Mr.. Ellis was called to give his
testimony in the case he had sad coun-
tenance. In. plain sight in an
ante-room sat the wife who
told how his suspicious had been
aroused and how by the directions of
the detective he had gone to saloon on
the opposite corner of the street, to No.
BOG West Twenty-Sixth street, New
York, on the morning of Jan. last.
From window there he saw his wife
alight from a street car and walk down
the steps into the basement. A short
time later Mr.. Van Camp came down
the street and he also entered by the
same way. Mr.. Ellis, with the detective
and another friend, Immediately went
over to the place, and in the hallway,
just about to ascend the stairs, was the
man who had ruined his family. Van
Camp wouldn't look Ellis in the face.
''lf L was such vile thing as you are
| would drown TpUcQlf - 1viad Ejlic
81 guess that is what l will do" was
the reply.
Ellis said he then demanded of the
landlady to produce his wife, and when
she partially refused he followed her
upstairs, and through the open door of q
bedchamber he saw her just entering a
closet to hide. The closet door then
was opened and out walked Mrs. Ellis
with defiant air, but with a face pale
as death.
"Well, you have found me here. What
are you going to do about it?' were her
first words.
"Heayens!" exclaimed the husband,
lam L dreaming or are you my Wife2"
She replied, sYou never dared accuse
me before and need not do it now"
Mrs. Ellis stood moment and then,
throwing herself before him, she grasped
him about the knees and exclaimed: eff
you will forgive me this time Fil come
home and work in your kitchen!"
The husband replied that he could for
give her many sins, but could not for
give an objectionable sin. She begged
him for the sake of the children to let
her come home, but he forbade her to
step over his threshold.
? The detective and an officer in Min
er's theater both told how often they
had seen Mrs. Ellis and Van Camp.in the
house named, and another witness who
resides in Trenton and was intimate
with the family swore that after the oc-
eurrence related he had seen Mrs. Ellis
two different time sitting ON the lap of
Mr.. Van Camp in a not very reputable
house of this city.